but why don't they tell us that? >> well, especially, because the state department spokesman said and in the interest of transparency before saying she wasn't going to reveal where samantha power was. look, this is a very important moment, and she's been on the job 19 days. if she's on vacation, she owes it to the american people to say that. jon: i remember, you know, my first job i didn't get a vacation for a year. i mean, you had to work a while before you were entitled to a vacation. >> well, she strikes me as somebody who works a lot, and she's been in different positions in the administration, and she does have a child and a husband. i think people should be allowed to spend time with their families, and you can't plan international crises. so, like i said, i think that they should be more straightforward with it, absolutely, at the state department, but i think she can do what she needs to do probably from wherever she is. jon: the question we often ask on this panel, if a republican president's u.n. envoy did